Old City Hostel Reviews

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88%Value For Money

84%Security

99%Location

87%Staff

81%Atmosphere

87%Cleanliness

83%Facilities

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The staff was great and helpful as ever. THANKS a lot. We really appreciated their attitude towards us since we had late change of plans and one person of our group abandoned us right before the trip to Istanbul. They made it possible to change the booking in the last moment, so we could feel safer in female dorm.

GOOD: Good WiFi, good location only 150 m from the Sultanahmet Tram stop and close to the attractions.
BAD: You have to pay to use lockable storage cabinets, 3 of the 5 nights was the toilet paper out (early morning) you really don't want to go down half naked and frozen to the front desk and ask for a toilet roll...
Except for the owner of the hostel, so is the other staff not helpful and pleasant. One of them speaks no English. Not particularly suitable...

Rifat And his father (The boss hehe) were really friendly, helpful With me and all the people There during my 5 days spent at Old city hostel. The hostel has a really Good location (2 min walk to Hagia Sophia). The dorms are nice and clean.. Nice place to stay in Istanbul.

Perfect location - right between all the tourist sights of the old city. The hostel was quiet while I was there, but the area is bustling - fun to watch the neighbouring restaurants compete for business. The owner is a great guy - worth staying just to meet him.

Very small hostel without lobby, however with a small bar and roof bar. Location is excellent. I had no problems there, however it is not a common hostel )) Three dorms situate vertically on the very narrow old (I mean age, not condition) stairs.

The place was clean, breakfast was good, and the staff was friendly. Location was fantastic, although the windows overlook a busy side street of restaurants so it was qure bustling (it was fine for me, but might be loud for light sleepers who go to bed early). I would definitely recommend this spot!

This is good hostel but little hard to find. They should put some big sign on the big street. my room was cozy and clean. It was nice to stay here but if you have heavy luggage or backpack, it will be hard to bring up to room because they dont have elevator.

It is perfect to spend the night and get up early in order to be right next to Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, etc..
The Terrace is on the roof is comfortable and the Staff friendly (they let me use their Internet till like 6pm even though i checked out already).
Besides that, it has pretty tiny space. The staircase is more of a spiral staircase and the rooms are pretty crowded since there are only somewhat small cabinets.
If that does not bother you the Old City Hostel is highly recomandable.